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A Book for the Hammock

by W. Clark Russell

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  1. 1Note
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3A Nautical Lament
  4. 4Superstitions of the Sea
  5. 5Old Sea Ordnance
  6. 6The Honour of the Flag
  7. 7The Naval Officer’s Spirit
  8. 8Women as Sailors
  9. 9Fighting Smugglers
  10. 10Sea Phrases
  11. 11Then and Now
  12. 12Costly Shipwrecks
  13. 13Curiosities of Disasters at Sea
  14. 14Infernal Machines
  15. 15Queer Fish
  16. 16Strange Craft
  17. 17Mysterious Disappearances
  18. 18Rich Captures
  19. 19Peculiarities of Rig
  20. 20How the Old Navigators Managed
  21. 21Plates and Rivets
  22. 22French Smacksmen
  23. 23Old Sea Customs
  24. 24Who Is Vanderdecken?

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